Emilie Richards
http://www.emilierichards.com/
Emilie Richards continues her popular
Ministry is Murder Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime
with book four, A Lie for a Lie
Emilie Richards is known for her many bestselling romance
and women's fiction novels. But one day a character with
whom she had too much in common began to make ripples in her
imagination. "You think you've seen things?" Aggie
Sloan-Wilcox asked. "How many dead bodies have you found on
your front porch?" And Emilie had to put away the work in
progress and find out exactly what Aggie meant.
Aggie-Sloan Wilcox is a minister's partner, just like
Emilie, although their husbands serve very different
churches. While Emilie writes novels, Aggie has found a
calling, too, she solves murders, and the tiny town of
Emerald Springs, Ohio seems to have more than its share. So
while Aggie raises her two precocious daughters and tries to
fit into church and community life, she also searches for
killers, a sometimes hazardous hobby.
A Lie for a Lie tells the story of Grady Barber,
former resident of Emerald Springs, songwriter and film
star, who comes back to judge the Emerald Springs Idyll, a
supersized talent show that the local charity divas have
staged to raise money for a new pediatric wing at the
hospital. Aggie, who is trying to avoid murder scenes is
persuaded to be Grady's gofer, but after days of putting up
with his childish demands and outrageous manners, she is not
surprised to find him dead in his dressing room.
Who hated Grady enough to kill him? Sister Nora, the
ex-wife circus evangelist who wants to build a biosphere in
quiet Emerald Springs to showcase global warming?
Contestants from former talent shows? The teenager finalist
from Aggie's own church who discovered Grady's private voice
lessons came with a price? Of course Aggie doesn't agree
with the local police, so she is forced to set off on her
own complicated quest.
All the Ministry is Murder novels are "suggested by"
Old Testament tales, and Beware False Profits is no
exception. Emilie says that's just part of the fun. The
series has been well reviewed and the Wall Street Journal
called it "delightful," an adjective Emilie accepts with
pleasure.
This award-winning author has moved frequently. Settled now
in northern Virginia, the family has lived in six other
states—Florida, Louisiana, California, Arkansas, Ohio
and Pennsylvania—as well as Australia. She is the
mother of four, the grandmother of one, and like Junie,
Aggie's mother, she is a quilter. Unlike Aggie she does not
solve murders, for which her husband's congregation, is
grateful.
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Books
A Mother's Touch
April 27, 2010
Three classic, heartwarming stories about belly bumps,
babies and baby daddies!
The Way Home by Linda Howard
(originally published in To Mother With Love anthology,
05/91)
Anna Sharp risked her heart on a man who Read more...
A Lie for a Lie
(Ministry is Murder #4)
February 3, 2009
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox likes to practice what her minister
husband preaches-to a point. But babysitting a narcissistic
"star" demands the patience of a saint, and Aggie isn't
bucking for a halo.
Actor and singer Read more...
More Than Words: Stories Of Courage
March 1, 2008
Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and
commitment is changing a life in her community...and
changing the world. Three of these exceptional women have
been selected as recipients of Harlequin's More Read more...
Beware False Profits
(Ministry is Murder #3)
November 6, 2007
There's no rest for the weary Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her
minister husband, who were praying for a relaxing weekend
until a member of their flock went missing.
Joe Wagner, president of Emerald Springs's Read more...
Let There Be Suspects
(Ministry Is Murder #2)
December 5, 2006
With the chalk outline gone from their front porch, Aggie
Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband think they can resume
their lives. But when Ginger, Aggie's despised former foster
sister, comes for Christmas, and Read more...
Blessed is the Busybody
(A Ministry Is Murder Mystery)
December 6, 2005
Meet the unconventional Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a minister's
wife with her own calling: helping troubled souls in need of
justice.
When the naked body of a murdered woman turns up on Aggie's
front porch—and suspicion Read more...
Endless Chain
July 1, 2005
A Mother's Touch
May 1, 2005
Three classic stories from bestselling authors Linda
Howard, Emilie Richards and Sherryl Woods, celebrating the
sweetness of love, the heat of desire and the softness of a
mother's touch.
The Way Home by Linda Read more...
More than Words
October 1, 2004
Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and
commitment is changing a life in her community...and
changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated
women have been chosen from Read more...
Wedding Ring
July 3, 2004
The Parting Glass
July 1, 2003
The Donaghue sisters have shared all the joys and struggles
of a complicated past, and at the center of it all has been
the Whiskey Island Saloon, a historic Irish-American Read more...
Prospect Street
June 1, 2003
Faith Bronson finds her privileged life shattered when her
marriage ends abruptly. Only just beginning to face the lie
she has lived, she finds sanctuary with her two children in Read more...
Prospect Street
July 1, 2002
A Mother's Day
April 1, 2002
Every day is A Mother's Day in this heartwarming anthology
featuring a classic story from Emilie Richards and two
brand-new romances!
"Nobody's Child" by Emilie Richards
He had come to a child's Read more...
Somewhere Out There
(Dreamscapes)
February 1, 2002
The Man who fell to earth...
Like a scorching mirage, the stranger materialized from the
sandswept Australian Dry — as naked and nameless as a
newborn babe. But even without Read more...
From a Distance
(Dreamscapes)
December 1, 2001
He was ice and she was fire — mated in a cascade of wedded
bliss. Yet their happily-ever-after turned into a sea of
estrangement, and nothing could stem the salty Read more...
Whiskey Island
June 1, 2000
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